Excess-baggage coupon-check.



PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

F. H. CRUMP. EXCESS BAGGAGE COUPON CHECK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1906.

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EXCESS-BAGGAGE COU PON-CH ECK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application led August 1, 1906. Serial No. 328,713-

To ILZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. CRUMP, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new andv useful Im rovement in Excess-Baggage Coupon-Chee of which the following 1s a speciication.

This invention is an excess-baggage coupon-check used in combination with any ordinary baggage-check and characterized by improved construction and novel means of attaching or associatin same with the ordinary strap check or she l, so that after being attached the excess coupon-check can be opened or unfolded in order that one or more coupons may be removed by the baggageman.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pers eotive view of an ordinary metal baggage-s ell with an ordinary cardboard strapchcck held therein, said check having attached thereto the excess-baggage chedk re-I ferred to. Fig. 1. an ordinary cardboard c eck used without the shell and having the excess-baggage check fastened and folded on the back thereof. Fig. 4 is a rear perspective view of the same, with the excess-check unfolded. Fi 5 is a face view of the excess coupon-ches detached.

In the drawings, 6 indicates an ordinary metal baggage-s tell with the side edges turned over, as at 7, to hold an ordinary cardboard check S, which is provided with the usual destination and other marks on its face, the parts being held by a strap 9 passing through slots in the upper end of the shell and chock.

The excess-baggage coupon-check shown in Fig. 5 is attached to the ordinarv check and when used in connection with the shell is folded behind the same, as shown in Fig. 2. Said excess-check consists of aseries or considerable number of coupons 10, containing proper tables or necessary printed matter, which is preferably so arranged that when folded one upon the other the amounts or spaces register with each other, so that one Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of 4punch put through two or more of the folds will indicate the same amounts on all the This is donc by printing the tables in reverse order on the alternate cou- Fig. 3 is a fronterspective view of to the back of the cardboard check, as shown in Fig. 4. After beino' punched and attached it is folded against tihe back of the regular check and the whole then sli ped into the metal shell or holder, with t e excess-coupons between the cardboard and the metal, as shown in Fig. 2 This may be pushed out of the shell and back again by the train baggageman for the removal of a coupon. When folded and in the holder or shell, the coupons are protected and securely held, but are readily accessible at any time.

For use with a check without a holder, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, fastening means are provided for holding the excess-check in folded position on the back of the usual check. The tab 13 of the coupon-check is stuck on the back of the cardboard check 8, and the coupons 10 are provided with holes 14, which register when the coupons are folded to receive the rongs of a fastener 16, which is secured to t e cardboard check, as by teeth 17 stuck therein, and this fastener also serves to attach the usual twine loop 18 by which the check is attached to a piece of baggage. The prongs can be quickly and easily bent up to enable the train baggageman to remove the coupons desired and to again close the fastener and secure the remaining coupons. Such a check is preferably reinforeed by linen backing, as shown at 20, to prevent the fastener or cord pulling out.

In any of the forms the excess-bag age coupons are securely held to the chec to which they belong, Athereby avoiding mistakes and loss. The excess-check is preferabl)r made of fiexible pa er, so that it can be readily folded and punc led and run through a ticket-d ating or hand stamp, and provided with perforated lines between the coupons, so that they can be readily separated.

I claim- The combination with an ordinary baggage-check, of an excess-baggage check secured thereto and having a series of coupons provided with perforations which register when said coupons are folded, and a fastener secured to the back of the ordinary check and having prongs which ma'ylrl be inserted through said perforations to old the coupons.

FRANK H. ORUMP. Witnesses:

W. B. DAY, W. N. BUCKLIN, Jr.

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